Nice to see I'm not the only one who thought that. I can't remember anything at all from the track I listened to, except that it was mind-numbingly boring. I mean, if you're going to play traditional doom, you'd better belt out some bitchin' riffs to keep my interest.

Anyways, the only full albums I've liked (thus far) were Alcest's Les voyages de l'âme and Dodecahedron's self-titled.

I don't like Aborted, but this one seems to be quite popular so I guess I'll give it ago. Any specific reason why it is so much better than their usual sterile chuggy bullshit? Still haven't heard anything that would break my top 30 from last year.

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Naamath wrote:

No comments, no words need it, no BM, no compromise, only grains in her face.

I don't like Aborted, but this one seems to be quite popular so I guess I'll give it ago. Any specific reason why it is so much better than their usual sterile chuggy bullshit? Still haven't heard anything that would break my top 30 from last year.

It's the first Aborted I actually enjoyed, that alone says a lot. But don't get your hopes too high, it isn't the saviour of 2012, just a consistent and solid album.

I thought it was good, not great. So far my top three albums (Asphyx, Napalm Death and Drudkh in order) are just the bands doing their thing in a capable fashion, nothing all that impressive yet, Deathhammer would get something the low 80s from me.

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Naamath wrote:

No comments, no words need it, no BM, no compromise, only grains in her face.

Everyone who would choose the new Psycroptic over the new Asphyx. Autopsy, Aborted, Napalm Death, Drudkh are mentally warped.

Deathhammer is pretty fucking great, but it sounds more like Hail of Bullets than it does Asphyx. The only thing that really keeps the the same feel in any way is the fact they still have the slow downtrodden riffs that drag on and on. It's good shit, but it's pretty obvious that Asphyx is going to be just another one of the bands that has their side projects affecting the overall sound of their flagship.

The Napalm Death is the best conceptual so far and it is pretty different from recent albums, or really any record of theirs for that matter. It's just as abrasive as before, but Utilitarian has a lot more diversity in the music than the majority of their past releases. Barney's vocals have also evolved a great deal. They are less guttural, and the production job makes them a little more stripped down sounding.

Aborted'sGlobal Flatline is spectacular. The last few albums were so boring and treading on deathcore, but they have really incorporated their old style with a faster twist. Granted, it is much different than before, but atleast it is deathgrind again. I had a feeling this new record would be good, because of how surprised I was with Coronary Reconstruction. I thought with a title like that, it would be a back to basics offering, and it pretty much was. The only thing that I think Global Flatline is lacking is a thicker and more powerful production job. If it had the package sound of Goremageddon, I think we might've been given another pinnacle record from them. But still, Global Flatline is leaps and bounds better than recent old shit. It's been the first time in almost ten years that I have been excited about seeing what else this band is going to do.

I see alot of Drudkh fans not being too thrilled with ETOTW, but I think it's fucking great. Granted, this isn't coming from a Drudkh fan. Not that I dislike them, but this this new record is the first I have heard from start to finish. I've only listened to a handful of their earlier work. And right from the start it is pretty apparent that this album is more musically involved and less ambient than their other stuff. This is the one band so far whose new release is really going to open me up to the rest of their catalog.

Not much of a need in my eyes to elaborate on the new Autopsy. It's terrific, just as every one of their other releases has been. The new master jobs sounds much better than the old EPs, they are more clear, but haven't lost any of their grimy charm.. The new tracks were pretty awesome as well, but I still sort of prefer Macabre Eternal over them.

Goatwhore's Blood For The Master is probably my favorite record by Goatwhore thus far, with the exception of Funeral Dirge. I love how stripped down the sound of the album is, it doesn't have an unnecessarily layered sound that the last couple records had, Goatwhore's music just doesn't fit that in my opinion. Yeah, it's a pretty generic album title, but fuck it, the tracks speak for themselves.

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failsafeman wrote:

I'm so stoked someone finally called me a Nazi for my modding. That's an achievement on the Xbox version.

Yeah I agree with the new aborted, reeally good shit It feels like they are getting back to their roots with this one, Especially because Strychnine.213 was just terrible. I also agree with Dodecahedron that's some seriously fucked up and amazing sounding black metal!I'd like to recommend Pilgrim's new album Misery Wizard that came out this year, good shit if you're into doom.If you're into DSBM which I know a lot people are not keep an eye out for Make A Change... Kill Yourself's new album being released this year.